On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:33:05 -0700 (MST)
Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > If that suits your needs, feel free to write a bugreport on apt about
> > this.
> Yes, I enjoy closing such bug reports with a terse response.
> Hint: Read the bug page for APT to discover why!

>From bug report #76118:

No. Debian can not support the use of rsync for anything other than
mirroring, APT will never support it.

Why?  Because if everyone used rsync, the loads on the servers that supported 
rsync would be too high?  Or something else?
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